INTRODUCTION

SPACE SYNTAX

Space syntax is a set of techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations of all kinds, especially where spatial configuration seems to be a significant aspect of human affairs, as it is in buildings and cities. Originally conceived by Professor Bill Hillier and his colleagues at The Bartlett, UCL in the 1980s as a tool to help architects simulate the likely effects of their designs, it has since grown to become a tool used around the world in a variety of research and areas and design applications. It has been extensively applied in the fields of architecture, urban design, planning, transportation and interior design. Over the past decade, space syntax techniques have also been used for research in fields as diverse as archaeology, information technology, urban and human geography, and anthropology.

Space syntax is best known through The Social Logic of Space (Cambridge University Press, 1984) by Professor Bill Hillier and Dr Julienne Hanson and Space is the Machine (Cambridge University Press, 1996) by Professor Bill Hillier.

For a summary of current space syntax research see: 'The Common Language of Space' by Professor Bill Hillier.

For a summary of recent space syntax consultancy see: 'Changing the Face of the World'  by Phil Clark.

SPACE SYNTAX LABORATORY

Established in 1995, the Space Syntax Laboratory hosts a wide range of space syntax activities including fundamental academic research, masters, doctoral & post-doctoral studies. It is the research arm of Space Syntax Limited and is closely allied with research at the Virtual Reality Centre for the Built Environment at the Bartlett.

The Space Syntax Laboratory is located at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies at University College London which is the United Kingdom's leading academic centre for research into the built environment.

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